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• Sports Commentary: LeBron James is a bigot

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2020 18:38

  EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is a sports commentary written on Aug. 25 by Jason Whitlock, widely regarded as one of the all-time most controversial — and politically incorrect — sportswriters, from Outkick.com, with its permission. He is a lo...

• Letters to the editor: Sept. 1-14, 2020

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2020 18:29

  Cultural insensitivity seen in removal of monuments Nobody has asked us what our monuments mean to us.   One-half of military age men died or were permanently maimed in the war. These monuments were dedicated to them.  Sherman said in 1864 he...

• The Daily Planet’s Opinion: Can anyone withstand modern scrutiny? A book on perfect heroes would be ... very thin

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2020 18:27

  It was interesting to hear a contrarion viewpoint aired on liberal-leaning National Public Radio recently that bravely takes issue with our current era in which statues of historical figures (formerly generally accepted as “great”) — ra...

• They ‘got a lot richer.’ We got gypped.

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2020 18:25

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet When the history of the Donald Trump era is written – beginning this Thanksgiving, we hope – I think his tweets will be yawn material. They will be seen as each day’s noise.  The Trum...

• THE CANDID CONSERVATIVE: Asheville’s Council of Doom

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2020 18:22

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “Two things form the bedrock of any open society — freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don’t have those things, you don’t have a free country.” — Sal...

• Open Streets morphs into LoveHendoSaturdays

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2020 18:20

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE — Downtown Hendersonville recently decided to bolster activities for— and make revisions to — its monthly Open Streets weekend series, effective with its Aug. 1 event. The next Open Street...

• Orchard Trail Days planned over Labor Day Weekend

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2020 18:20

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE — Orchard Trail Days will be held over Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 4-7, to launch the 2020 apple season in Henderson County. The event is being held in lieu of the annual North Carolina Apple Festival that...

• Saluda still taking a look at screening 2 nightly films, drops concert series plan

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2020 18:19

  From Staff Reports SALUDA — The city’s commissioners agreed on Aug. 10 to give further consideration to a proposal that would offer a series of two free nightly movies in downtown Saluda’s McCreery Park, but decided to pull...

• Sunflower beauties bloom in phases into September

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2020 18:18

  From Staff Reports  Summertime is when Biltmore Estate’s landscape is literally full of itself, when tropical plantings mix with manicured patterns, including the annual crop of bedazzling sunflowers that were in full bloom recently. As for ...

• Canton plans Labor Day airshow, cancels parade

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2020 18:17

  From Staff Reports CANTON — For Labor Day, the town will feature — in its skies — aerial acrobatics performed by a procession of airplanes, instead of its annual Labor Day Parade, which was canceled because of safety concer...

• The Advice Goddess: Catty litter ....

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2020 18:05

  By AMY ALKON Syndicated Columnist I’m a woman who just turned 30, and so is my best friend, who just got out of a three-year relationship. She’s now on the rebound hard — hitting on her co-workers, going on multiple dates every we...

• UNCA official notes 3rd-party data incident

  Created: Monday, 17 August 2020 12:04

    EDITOR'S NOTE: Ben Underwood, associate vice chancellor for advancement operations at UNC Asheville, issued the following statement about a date incident on Aug. 6: • "At UNC Asheville, we take the protection of you...

• Confederate statue to stay under compromise: ‘Sylva Sam’ to remain, with changes

  Created: Monday, 17 August 2020 11:56

  From Staff Reports   SYLVA — The Jackson County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 on Aug. 4 to keep a Confederate statue in front of the historic courthouse in Sylva, but it also agreed to cover the Confederate flag and remove “Heroes o...

• Buncombe votes 4-3 for reparations: Commissioners vote along party lines in decision that follows Asheville

  Created: Monday, 17 August 2020 11:53

  From Staff Reports   The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners voted 4-3 for a resolution supporting reparations for the county’s black residents on Aug. 4. During an extended discussion on the issue, Al Whitesides, a Democrat and the lone...

• Governor to hold N.C. in Phase 2 till Sept. 11

  Created: Monday, 17 August 2020 11:50

  From Staff Reports   RALEIGH — Governor Roy Cooper announced Aug. 5 that North Carolina “will remain paused” in Safer At Home Phase 2 for another five weeks — until 5 p.m. Sept. 11 — as students and staff return to ...

• Judge OKs Ellen Frost’s guilty plea to conspiracy

  Created: Monday, 17 August 2020 11:48

  From Staff Reports   A federal judge on Aug. 10 accepted a guilty plea from Ellen Frost, a former member of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, during a hearing in Asheville. “Frost pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to d...

• State cites Tryon Equestrian Center for yet another water quality breach

  Created: Monday, 17 August 2020 11:46

  From Staff Reports   MILL SPRING — The Tryon Resort and International Equistrian Center was issued a notice of violation and recommendation for encorcement on Aug. 4 by the North Carolina Division of Water Quality’s Division of Water ...

• Hendersonville’s police chief resigns, then hired as Buncombe’s chief deputy

  Created: Monday, 17 August 2020 11:45

  From Staff Reports A day after Herbert Blake announced his resignation as Hendersonville’s police chief, his hiring as Buncombe County’s new chief deputy was unveiled by Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller. According to an Aug. 11 news ...

• COVID-19 cases drop in Buncombe; Mission sees dip in hospitalizations

  Created: Monday, 17 August 2020 11:42

  From Staff Reports After experiencing a recent surge in cases, Buncombe County recorded a decline in new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 for the seven days ending on the afternoon of Aug. 10. Whats more, during the same period, Mission Health reported t...

• Buncombe, Asheville drop plan for 9 p.m. restaurant liquor curfew

  Created: Monday, 17 August 2020 11:42

  From Staff Reports  Buncombe County and Asheville officials recently decided to walk back an idea to require local bars to close by 9 p.m.  County commissioners’ Chairman Brownie Newman and Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer confirmed on ...